Has anyone else noticed how prevalent Hexbear posters have suddenly become? Maybe sometime last week I noticed nearly every political post had at least one long thread of Hexbear users that do nothing but repeat CCP talking points while waving anyway anything even remotely reliable as Western propaganda. That or getting all excited about trolled libs. The way they tell it, you'd think everything from DW, to Fox, to Propublica, to straight up AP News articles, are all written by the same people.
Not to mention, their info on the Fediverse observer is either straight up wrong or there's some serious botting going on. According to that, the instance is less than a month old, yet somehow they already have one of the largest, most active userbases, along with far and away the most comments of any instance.
Seems to me like Lemmygrad on steroids. Considering we defederated from them, seems like a no-brainer to block Hexbear as well.
So glad this thread could become such a perfect microcosm of why we need to defederate.
Really good read, thanks for sharing.
I was trying to think of a useful resource that wouldn't be too burdensome -- suggesting a whole book can be obnoxious -- and I thought maybe you'd like this video:
https://youtu.be/9nPVkpWMH9k
There is also a much shorter epistolary by Lenin that I think is helpful for defining some relevant issues:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/mar/11.htm
Note that he uses the term Social Democrat in a way different from the modern usage. His usage here can be replaced in one's mind with "socialist" with little lost, while the modern usage is for a type of liberal.
Much appreciated, I'll watch and read after I finish up my studies!
Edit: that video was fantastic, it definitely explained some of the reasons I dislike the current set up of US politics (and capitalism), that I couldn't put into words.